... My own personal opinion is that "average" diastolic bloodpressure is healthiest near 70 and is less healthy as the average increases from 70. That said, an "average" diastolic bloodpressure near 80 is still pretty damn good! ... (5 replies)

... Just wanted to throw some more bp data your way. From 1998 thru 2010, I took my bloodpressure 31,000 times, trying to learn all I could learn about bloodpressure. I know that everyone is different, but I don't think that I am the only one whose bloodpressure acts like mine does. ... (4 replies)

... o, to see if it brings it down even in her office. I agreed. I have been med free since Feb when I stopped Beta Blockers that I took for a year for this "Labile" bloodPressure, so going on any med bummed me out. ... (25 replies)

... Anyways, when I last saw my general physician about my anxiety, my bloodpressure was elevated. Everytime I even see the bloodpressure machine in the docs office, i wig out and start getting extremely anxious. ... (8 replies)

... This might shed some light on changes on bloodpressure during the day. It is, of course, representative of just one person, me, but I think that these bloodpressure statistics would pertain to many others. ... (5 replies)

... When I was first diagnosed with hypertension, I was all freaked out about it, and it didn't help that in the course of one day, I might take fifteen different readings, and have them range from 120/65 to 190/115, there just didn't seem to be any rhyme or reason for the ups and downs. I finally found a precription drug program that was effective in turning the "trend" down for... (10 replies)

... Congrats to your doctor for prescribing Coreg. Coreg is one of the best medications for treating high bloodpressure. However... both Coreg and Lisinipril come with some side effects, especially tiredness and weakness. ... (11 replies)

... UPDATE: Weaning process off of Bystolic going well. BloodPressure last night was 129/73. This morning I took it 6 times in a row per an article I read from one of the medical clinics--dumped the first reading (which really wasn't bad-141/79) and averaged out the remaining 5 readings which were 137/77;134/78; 134/75; 127/73 and 125/74 (pulse on all readings was between 59 and... (67 replies)